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i keep a pile of paper currency in my house because if there's a revolution overthrowing the current regime i will obviously be able to use the paper currency from a defunct state to move internationally.
like wtf. no chance. if you're a rich asshole in a corrupt country and you're worried about the people rising up to take your shit, you have an overseas account in some other consistently traded/stable currency. and you keep a bunch of jewelry to bribe your way out. because all of that can be explained away as a travel account and like family heirlooms or some shit.
nobody with a shitload of cash in their house is doing anything but hiding it and using it for illegal shit, which they are also hiding.
no actually he's a million years old and remembers the bank runs of 1929
lol I read that as gold for some reason before I saw your comment. How is this even sillier?